By Amanda Bronstad | July 20, 2020
"One gentleman walked out of the screen because something was on, a burner in the kitchen, and he had to take it off so his house didn't burn down," said defense attorney Edward Hugo, who filed the mistrial motion in an asbestos trial set to open Tuesday. "Other people are herding literally pets, children. This is not conducive to jury selection."
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By Dylan Jackson | David Thomas | July 20, 2020
The firm's managing partners say that the "vast majority" of the firm's 80 partner and of counsel departures since January last year have been planned, a line that several former attorneys dispute.
By Scott Graham | July 17, 2020
Apple is demanding that Eastern District Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap postpone a patent infringement trial until October, with backing from a UT epidemiologist who says COVID-19 would pose an "extraordinary risk" for participants and the surrounding community. Optis Wireless says Apple has continually tried to delay trial over its refusal to pay reasonable royalties on LTE patents, and that chances are the pandemic will be more dangerous in October, not less.
By Cheryl Miller | July 17, 2020
A 2017 study by the state bar found that lowering the cut score to 139 on the July 2016 exam would have resulted in hundreds of additional applicants passing.
By Susan Smith Bakhshian | July 17, 2020
"The bar exam is not worth saving," says Susan Smith Bakhshian, a professor and director of bar programs at LMU Loyola Law School.
By Alaina Lancaster | July 17, 2020
The first 15 minutes or so of San Mateo County Superior Court's second virtual bench trial got off to a bit of a rocky start, technologically speaking. But the trial lawyers were surprised to find the online proceedings might be speedier in some ways.
By Cheryl Miller | July 16, 2020
"The court recognizes that postponement of the bar examination may impact employment prospects, delay incomes, and otherwise impair the livelihoods of persons who recently have graduated from law school," Supreme Court Clerk Jorge Navarrete wrote.
By Susan Smith Bakhshian | July 16, 2020
"When all of the options are carefully evaluated and no workable solutions exist, it is time to move into the modern age and chart a new path—one without an exam," says Susan Smith Bakhshian, professor and director of bar programs at LMU Loyola Law School.
By David Carrillo and Stephen M. Duvernay | July 16, 2020
"This is a pick-your-plaintiff situation: do nothing and be sued for inaction, or meet remotely and be sued for that," says David Carrillo, the executive director of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law, and attorney Stephen M. Duvernay. "Doing the people's work remotely is a better position to defend than neglect of duty."
By Karen Sloan | July 15, 2020
Legal educators were left reeling by a now-rescinded directive that would have required international students to attend at least one in-person class this fall. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement changed course Tuesday after a number of universities sued.
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